Vodafone is selling its minority shareholding in French operator SFR, netting €7.95bn by flogging 44 per cent of SFR and giving Vivendi complete ownership.
Vivendi already owns 56 per cent of mobile, fixed-line, broadband and TV supplier SFR, which boasts 20 million customers, but once the deal is completed, Vivendi will own the …

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Genius comment...

Hmmm Four Thumbs Down

Looks like the VodaFone PR People have arrived again.

Only one rather cryptic comment about the Government. So its the Government's fault VodaFone didn't pay their tax... of course Vodafone were there with a big bag of cash trying to give the money away to anybody. Of course they were.

the point is...

Pure coincidence

This wouldn't have anything at all to do with Proxad entering the market next year and disrupting the cosy three-way cartel that has been keeping margins nice for the incumbents up until now? I'd sell too, if I had any shares.

Tax avoiding scum?

Just like anyone who has an ISA, gives to charity via their payroll, pays into a pension, or has ever bought dodgy ciggies, DVDS, fake clothes.. anyone paid a tradesman in cash, or ever done work for cash in hand.

WTF?

Run Away!

Looking at the interesting down-vote pattern........

......here I am tempted to assume that there are some Vodaphone directors lurking here in the shadows on this thread, apparently as shy about actually *posting* as they are about paying their taxes. Oh and yes, they are of course tax-avoiding scum - now their stealth clad astroturfers can down-vote me as well.